Toothbrush



L. KARAS.

TOOTHBRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1919.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

A Tron/ms LOUIS xenss, or new Yuma. Y.

TOOTHBRUSH. v

Application filed July 17,

may concern:

that I, LOUIS KAnAs, a citiand a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Toothbrush, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a toothbrush, and aims to provide a device of this nature in which that portion of the head containing the bristles is entirely removable, so asto be renewable and thus save a great amount of expense in connection with the purchasing ofnew toothbrushes, in that one handle may be used indefinitely and any number of new bristle parts may be secured thereto.

A further object to be accomplished by this invention is that by means of the removal of the head with which the bristles are associated such bristles may be cleane far more easily than the bristles employed in connection with the usual toothbrushes which are not removable from the handle.

I appreciate that any number of constructions have been developed embodying a removable head construction associated with a handle for a toothbrush, but these constructions have proved impracticable for the reason that the head was, for the most part, locked into place by means of some cumbersome contrivance or else such head was sprung into place, so that any unusual strain would result in the head becoming removed from the handle of the brush.

A further disadvantage of the constructions embodied in the patented devices aforementioned is that the bristles terminate at a point far short of the end of the brush handle, which results in an inefiicient brushing of the teeth, in view of the fact that the end of thehandle contacts with the hard surfaces, such as bones and teeth, within the mouth, and these most inaccessible portions of the mouth, which require the greatest amount of care in view of the fact that decay T 0' all whom it Be it known zen of Russia,

' of the teeth usually sets in at such places,

are not cleaned efficiently by means ofthese brushes.

I have now constructed a brush which has for its object to provide a removable head which shall be applied to a handle by means of an extremely simple construction and locked thereto; and,'although the same is instantly removable for any purpose whatsoever, no possibility exists of the head Specification of Letters Patent.

, ence numeral 1 indicates a handle,

Patented Mar. 30, 1920. 1919. Serial no. 311,395.

becoming accidentally detached from the brush handle. I

A further object of my invention is the provision ofa removable head by mea'ns'of the construction of which it is possible to a ply bristles to a point adjacent the end of the brush handle so that the inaccessible portions of the mouth above referred to may be reached.

Reference is hadto the accompanying drawings which illustrate one practical embodiment of my invention, and in which Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the preferred form of my device;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side view taken along line E2-2 of Fig. 1;

. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken through line 33 of Fig. 1; 1

Fig. A is a front view of the handle of the brush, r V

1 Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of a modified form of construction; and i Fig. 6 is a side view'of the device illus trated in Fig.5. a Y

In all of these views, like reference numerals indicate similar parts, and the refer- I which is usually provided with a neck portion 2 and an end portion 3.

The handle 1 ispreferably provided adjacent its outer end witha transversely-extending rib l formed with a groove 5 ex tending around and communicating with an opening 6 formed in the outer end of the handle 1, fora purpose hereinafter specified.

A removable head, wire body 7 having its inner end bent downwardly, as indicated by the reference numeral 8, is applied to the outer end of the handle 1. Bristles entwined portions of. the wire body the outer end of such body isbent downwardly and rearwardly, as indicated by the reference numeral 10, seats in the groove 5 and projects into the opening 6.

The downwardly-bent inner end of the body 7 is adapted to project into a shouldered groove 11, and spaced from the base of such groove, and riding within the same,

including a twisted is a hand-actuated slide 12, which may be movably secured to the neck portion 2 by meansof a slidable-headed pin 13 extending through the slot 14.

Referring now to my modified form, illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, it will be seen that 9 extend through the 7, and

7, bristles 9 and a hooked end, provided for the *removable head,"whi'c'h projects into an opening formed below the I'lb'A: so as to hold the same in applied position.

However, in' this' :form of device, I proferably provide a second grooved rib 15 through which the inner end of the body 7 1- pro ects, this inner endbeing held in .:position by means of a :slotted slide member 16 which is held-tolthe neck 2 of "the "handle .1 by'means'of aiheaded pin'1l7. In operation it will now be appreciated that the head may be quickly applied tothe handle by engagingthe hooked end of.

the body 7 withrthe opening 6 formed in; the otherend of the handlev l, at the sametime making sure :that such body seats within the groove 5 and, projects .rearwardly into the groove 11. By simply pushing the slide member 12 forwardly, t

body *7 will not alone be prevented from becoming disengaged from thefhandle 1, but willalsobe -securelypressed into the groove 11 in such a manner as to prevent any motion outside of such body with respect to the handle.

With 7 reference to the construction illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, it will be seen-that provided with a neck andhe innerend of the extending 'through said the only difference in the 7 that lateral stresses exerted upon the head of the brush are' taken up by means of the rib 15 andthe slide movable head from any upward motion It 'w'illbe seen, referring more *parti'cularly to .Figs, 1,2,6 and 6, that by virtue of my improved means of applying the head to the handle of-the=brush,-suchu-head' does not zterminate at a point vshort of F the, end of the handle and by :reason *1 of this construction .it will be pom ible --to extend the bristles 9 along such 'headto' a point [adjacent: the outer end" of A the handle.

It is to be appreciated that any number of modificatlons 111 my constructioumay be resorted to without vin-theleast departing from thescope of my invention. 7

Having thus described any invention, I desire to-claim: p A .tooth brush inclu'dh g a vhandle, ribs formed ,tr-ansversely near one end thereof and having transversegrooves, a bristle holder removably. applied to saidihandle and grooves, I most .end of said bristleholder extending downwardly parallelsto'the outer faceoof the end :of the handle and inwardly into an opening formed therein, (and means at the other .end of the bristle holder for securing said-holder-implace.

{LOUIS KARA'S,

construction is member 16 merely serves to hold the inner end of the body of the re- 

